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New Year’s Eve in Sydney
If you’re kicking it in Oz this holiday season, make it to Sydney for New Year’s Eve: the biggest city down under basically closes down for biz and opens up for fun around noon on New Year’s Eve day; ample public transportation (call local number 131 500) will take you to Sydney Harbour, the place for year end fireworks. Go early to stake out a viewing spot harborside at hip Dawes Point, where a pub or six is just a crawl away in the Rocks. If you go: All about New Year’s Eve in Sydney Sydney Hostels Related reading: Sydney’s Top Hostels | Driving Down Under and Backpackers’ Cars in Australia | Australian Work Visas for Students | New Year’s Eve Parties Worldwide | New Year’s Travel Resolutions Photo
Paris for Lovers and Others on New Year’s Eve
Though Paris eves can be calm in comparison to some world capitals during the rest of the year, Thursday will be a great late night: get your bises or better at midnight on New Year’s in Paris party places like The WAGG — or BYOB to the Champs-Elysees for free fireworks views, though you might be more likely to find your kind in laid back Montmartre’s street party scene… check out Parisian Courtney Traub’s full inside story on what goes in the City of Light on New Year’s Eve and through the month of January, with a special section devoted to clubbing the eve away in the most romantic city’s hot night spots: New Year’s Eve in Paris And the rest of the best on New Year’s: New Year’s Eve Parties Worldwide Related Reading: Top Paris Hostels | Top Free Things to Do in Paris | New Year Travel Resolutions Photo: Kathleen Crislip | Student Travel blog home | Share on Facebook | Student Travel blog home | Share on Facebook | Paris for Lovers and Others on New Year’s Eve originally appeared on About.com Student Travel on Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 at 08:48:14. Permalink | Comment | Email this
Paris for Lovers and Others on New Year’s Eve
Though Paris eves can be calm in comparison to some world capitals during the rest of the year, Thursday will be a great late night: get your bises or better at midnight on New Year’s in Paris party places like The WAGG — or BYOB to the Champs-Elysees for free fireworks views, though you might be more likely to find your kind in laid back Montmartre’s street party scene… check out Parisian Courtney Traub’s full inside story on what goes in the City of Light on New Year’s Eve and through the month of January, with a special section devoted to clubbing the eve away in the most romantic city’s hot night spots: New Year’s Eve in Paris And the rest of the best on New Year’s: New Year’s Eve Parties Worldwide Related Reading: Top Paris Hostels | Top Free Things to Do in Paris | New Year Travel Resolutions Photo: Kathleen Crislip | Student Travel blog home | Share on Facebook | Student Travel blog home | Share on Facebook | Paris for Lovers and Others on New Year’s Eve originally appeared on About.com Student Travel on Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 at 08:48:14. Permalink | Comment | Email this
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Hogmanay
Yeehaw — it is way time to go porcine wild in downtown Edinburgh with serious Scotland’s least staid party: Hogmanay , a four day New Years celebration with major music, fireworks, carnivals and… ( read more …) Hogmanay originally appeared on About.com Student Travel on Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 at 11:15:43. Permalink | Comment | Email this
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Yeehaw — it is way time to go porcine wild in downtown Edinburgh with serious Scotland’s least staid party: Hogmanay , a four day New Years celebration with major music, fireworks, carnivals and… ( read more …) Hogmanay originally appeared on About.com Student Travel on Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 at 11:15:43. Permalink | Comment | Email this
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New Year Resolution: Get a Passport
Kick start your 2010 travel resolutions by resolving to get a passport soon (you can start a passport application this minute with the internets). Passport rules dictate that you must have a passport to travel by air to Mexico , Canada , the Caribbean , and everywhere else on the planet (except for US territories). And, of course, you must have a passport to cross borders into lands that could change your life, like Europe or Africa (though you can
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Holiday Student Travel: Greyhound Bus Discounts
If you’re in the US and holiday travel plans are still up in the air, consider the bus — especially Greyhound buses , which are a great last minute holiday travel option for students. Go over the river and through the woods with a Greyhound bus student travel discount , using the Student Advantage card — you don’t need the actual card if you buy *and* travel on the same day — just order and get the card number. And the card will be handy for other discounts when you do have it in hand. Learn more: Greyhound bus student discounts and Student Advantage cards — get Greyhound bus-riding tips and links to bus schedules, too About All the Cheap US Buses Christmas Travel Planning Related Reading: Holiday Travel Tools | Holiday Travel Planning: Amtrak Routes | Cheap Buses in the US Student Travel blog home | Share on Facebook | Holiday Student Travel: Greyhound Bus Discounts originally appeared on About.com Student Travel on Friday, December 25th, 2009 at 13:24:44. Permalink | Comment | Email this
Holiday Student Travel: Greyhound Bus Discounts
If you’re in the US and holiday travel plans are still up in the air, consider the bus — especially Greyhound buses , which are a great last minute holiday travel option for students. Go over the river and through the woods with a Greyhound bus student travel discount , using the Student Advantage card — you don’t need the actual card if you buy *and* travel on the same day — just order and get the card number. And the card will be handy for other discounts when you do have it in hand. Learn more: Greyhound bus student discounts and Student Advantage cards — get Greyhound bus-riding tips and links to bus schedules, too About All the Cheap US Buses Christmas Travel Planning Related Reading: Holiday Travel Tools | Holiday Travel Planning: Amtrak Routes | Cheap Buses in the US Student Travel blog home | Share on Facebook | Holiday Student Travel: Greyhound Bus Discounts originally appeared on About.com Student Travel on Friday, December 25th, 2009 at 13:24:44. Permalink | Comment | Email this
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Last Minute Gift Ideas
Engaged in some world class gift-buying procrastination? You can still buy or create terrific last minute backpacker-student travel gifts at the local grocery store or online. Let’s look at some easy and fast last minute (nice) gift ideas. Read more… Last Minute Gift Ideas originally appeared on About.com Student Travel on Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 at 09:09:30. Permalink | Comment | Email this
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Holiday Travel Planning: Amtrak Routes
Reports are that this Thanksgiving’s and last Christmas’s travel was really pretty easy — folks have figured out how to pack for 2006’s airport rules and not too many tubes of toothpaste get tossed at airport security any more. If you’d rather avoid the whole airport scene at Christmas, though, you can always try the train. Before you decide to ride the US rails as a travel method, make sure Amtrak’s trains go where you want to get with an Amtrak routes map , a trick interactive trip planning atlas online. Check it out — students get a 15% Amtrak discount, too. Amtrak Routes Get 15% off Amtrak with student ISIC card Related Reading: Packing for Airport Security | Amtrak Pictures | Train Travel One Alternative to Airport Security Woes | Visit Potential College Campuses with Amtrak’s Free Companion Ticket Promotion Screenshot courtesy Amtrak.com | Student Travel blog home | Share on Facebook | Holiday Travel Planning: Amtrak Routes originally appeared on About.com Student Travel on Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 at 09:01:47. Permalink | Comment | Email this
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